Australian based shipping manufacturer Austal is highlighting the bilateral military alliance the US and Australia enjoys as it now provides "nearly 15 per cent of the entire US Navy" according to Austal Chief Executive David Singleton.
Austal now builds and supplies almost 15 per cent of the US Navy, while Mr Singleton believes there are still "huge opportunities in the United States" with the Congress requiring the Navy to increase its current fleet size to 355 ships, a 20 per cent increase. Mr Singleton told Sky News Austal builds the "Ferraris of the ocean" which he described as "high speed vessels highly optimised, highly engineered for speed and for comfort".
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